Morning all!



FALL AT YOUR FEET - CROWDED HOUSE to kick things off. Prob the first of many from me....

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



I CAN'T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN by Elvis Costello



THE JOKER by the Steve Miller Band



I AM A CLOWN by David Cassidy (Shona - wah!)



for starters



~X~

Hi again everyone



Not sure if these fit the theme....



HA HA SAID THE CLOWN ~ Manfred Mann



TEARS OF A CLOWN ~ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles



SEND IN THE CLOWNS ~ Judy Collins



YAKETY SAX ~ Benny Hill theme (?)



xx

Morning Simon and bloggers all. Another chilly and bright start here in the east whilst I listen to commentary of the Australian Open tennis. I’m avoiding marking at the moment and really must get on with it as I’m supposed to hand it back later this morning!

Good physical comedy is a joy but I’m not a huge fan of slapstick – it’s fine in small doses when it’s well done, but its usually too much of a good thing for me.



However whilst I’m still work-avoiding my votes for oldies are:

I can’t stand up for falling down – Elvis Costello

Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon



Will try and think of a few more and come back when I've done some marking!

Good Morning again -



Suggestions –



FUNNY HOW LOVE CAN BE – Ivy League



I AM A CLOWN – David Cassidy



CAN’T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN – Elvis Costello



HA HA SAID THE CLOWN – Manfred Mann

Good morning Simon, team and spanking good poppets,



Good luck with the 1000 words Simon, we promise not to disturb you :)



Very cold start here today with a layer of thick frost that looked like at dusting of snow at first glance. Lovely blue sky though, so all bodes well for a nice day.



Slapstick tunes? Hmmmm a toughie methinks



I'LL TUMBLE FOR YA - CULTURE CLUB



SLIP SLIDING AWAY - PAUL SIMON



FREE FALLING - TOM PETTY



THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER BAND



NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY - ANDREW GOLD





Tea and a thunk now



Happy Tuesday!

Jillyx

Morning Simon, team, NYM and distracted (again!) bloggers,



Twas indeed a bit parky when I ventured out just before 6.30 this morning. But the world was white and sparkly, if a little dark



Slapstick, you say?



HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK - Ian Dury & the Blockheads

I posted too soon - a few more have come to mind:



FREE FALLING by Tom Petty



SMILE by Lily Allen



JUST A SMILE by Pilot



LOVE COMES TUMBLING by U2



SLIP SLIDING AWAY by Paul Simon



~X~

A couple more and then I must get on with some work!



JOKERMAN ~ Bob Dylan



THE JOKER ~ Anthony Newley



xx

THE WHOLE TOWN'S LAUGHING AT ME - Teddy Pendergrass

#6 Jilly - Snap x 2! You posted while I was composing mine. Share?



And three minutes is a very long time when you're waiting, and need to get on with some work...



~X~

I Started A Joke - Bee Gees

FOOL ON THE HILL - Beatles



CHAIN OF FOOLS - Aretha Franklin



NOBODY'S FOOL - Haircut 100



KISSING A FOOL - George Michael

IF I FELL - Beatles



FALL AT YOUR FEET - Crowded House



MAKE 'EM LAUGH - Donald O'Connor (from Singing in the Rain)

Good Morning Simon, Driveteam ann fellow Blogpopsters:



I love knockabout comedy -



LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - NEIL SEDAKA



THE LAUGHING GNOME - DAVID BOWIE



HA HA SAID THE CLOWN - MANFRED MANN



:^D

SILLY GAMES by JANET KAY

Morning all



Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers



Pen x

The wonderful...



SLAP AND TICKLE - SQUEEZE







:^D

THE CIRCUS - Take That (Wah!)

Deebee Wah indeed! DAVID!



I'll need to second that choice



I am a Clown - David Cassidy

#11 Of course we can! :)



A few more ....



TUBTHUMPING - CHUMBAWAMBA



WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES - DOOBIE BROTHERS



SILLY GAMES - JANET KAY



WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - THE WHO

Morning All,



Lovely and sunny again here this morning. A few from me for starters ...



SILENT ALL THESE YEARS - TORI AMOS



SILENT RUNNING - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS



More as they come to me ...



GoD

CHAIN OF FOOLS by ARETHA FRANKLIN



BE YOUNG, BE FOOLISH, BE HAPPY by THE TAMS

Hi Simon and everyone



Good luck with your words target Simon...some find speaking 1,000 words with ease, if you catch my drift ;)



Time for some comedic tunes:



1. I'LL TUMBLE FOR YA - Culture Club

2. I CANT STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN - Elvis Costello

3. FALL AT YOUR FEET - Crowded House ( A tune that kept me going whilst flyering on Sunday!)

4. SLIP SLIDING AWAY - Paul Simon

5. HA HA SAID THE CLOWN - Manfred Mann

6. THE LAUGHING GNOME - David Bowie

7. SMILEY FACES - Gnarls Barkley

8. HAPPY TALK - Captain Sensible

9. THE JOKER - Steve Miller Band

10. COME UP AND SEE ME MAKE ME SMILE - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel



Oh well must be positive and productive on Tuesday.



Have a nice day.



Mandy ;)

DOWN DOWN - STATUS QUO

DON'T LAUGH AT ME 'COS I'M A FOOL - Norman Wisdom



CRAZY - Seal



CRAZY - different song - ICEHOUSE

SEND IN THE CLOWNS - JUDY COLLINS (or the wonderful Babs)



TEARS OF A CLOWN - THE BEAT (or the wonderful Smokey of course)

FEET UP, PAT HIM ON THE PO PO, LET'S HEAR HIM LAUGH - Guy Mitchell

I STARTED A JOKE - FAITH NO MORE



THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER BAND



THE KICK INSIDE - KATE BUSH



DAY TRIPPER - BEATLES



DAY TRIP TO BANGOR - FIDDLER'S DRAM



:^)

The Entertainer - Billy Joel.



MTF :)

One of the all-time great slapstick Looney Tunes cartoons...



ROADRUNNER - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers OR The Animals



*beep beep*

Smile please - Hermans Hermits.



MTF :)

NO MORE TEARS - Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer



THEY ALL LAUGHED BUT WHO'S HAD THE LAST LAUGH NOW? - Frank Sinatra

Hello all,



How about: Baggy Trousers by Madness

American Idiot - Green Day

Can Can - Bad Manners

Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred

Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Dury

House of Fun - Madness

Nobody's Fool - Haircut 100

Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson

That's entertainment - The Jam

The Joker - Steve Miller Band

When we collide - Matt Cardle

Free Falling - Tom Petty



Used to really like Private Pike, he and Uncle Arthur were my favourite characters.

I organise an annual Writers Conference and once spent a weekend with a delightful gentleman whom I learnt had written the great slapstick comedy 'Some Mothers Do Have Them. ' Wish I could write such funny material!.



Have a great day

Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia - Laurel and Hardy ??

ooh, remember this?



TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE - Laurel & Hardy

LOOKING FOR A SOFT PLACE TO FALL - Allison Moorer

GOOD TIMIN' - Jimmy Jones

SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND - PINK FLOYD



FUN FUN FUN - STATUS QUO WITH THE BEACH BOYS



FUNNY FUNNY - THE SWEET





:^)

#36 37 That's the one I meant John. I got the title wrong. Silly billy.



Must get on with work now.



Catch you all later



Shona x

Good morning chums!



Resisting the urge to admonish any more vegetables (it just signals that my control has been lost, anyway) I've resorted to Sp*tify for a theme tune. I had no idea this existed:



LAUREL AND HARDY by THE EQUALS

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS

#36 / 37 Shona - ha! Great minds!



That's m'lot.

THE BUCKET OF WATER SONG - Tiswas

Another bright and frosty good morning to you all...........................................



Oldies today...........................................................................................



Laughin' and Clownin' - Sam Cooke



Tumble and Fall - Feeder



Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon



You Caught Me Smilin' - Sly & The Family Stone



Falling and Laughing - Orange Juice



I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club



Everybody Takes A Tumble - Waterboys



One Slip - Pink Floyd



If I Laugh - Cat Stevens



Enough for now.......................................................................................



Have a frost free day..............................................................................



Dougal x

Morning All,



I've been deserted again so I'll join in wi' the chat laters, maybes.



A.

Good Morning All :)



I do hope you get your 1000 words done, Simon. I tried (unsuccessfully) to write a blog yesterday, too much procrastinating and getting distracted by silly stuff though :-/



It's cold and grey here so far, and I have to make a start on decorating twin two's bedroom... If I can stop faffing about on the Internet!



Oldie suggestions...



WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL - KEITH WHITLEY, ALISON KRAUSS or RONAN KEATING.



SEND IN THE CLOWNS - JUDY COLLINS



THE GREAT PRETENDER - FREDDIE MERCURY

Marking done (well this bit of it at least). A couple more suggestions:



Ain't That a Kick in the Head - Dean Martin

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Me and My Shadow - Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis jnr

Somethin' Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra

ooh ooh, just one more, please, g'won...



SILENCE IS GOLDEN - The Tremeloes

Morning,



Poor little fool - Ricky Nelson



Fools Gold - Stone Roses



You won't find anoother fool like me - The New Seekers



Silly Games - Janet Kay



Slap and Tickle - Squeeze



That joke isn't funny anymore - The Smiths



Funnyman - KT Tunstall



Joker James - The Who



King of Comedy - R.E.M



Crazy crazy nights - Kiss



Still crazy after all of these years - Paul Simon

HOUSE OF FUN - Madness



FUN FUN FUN - Beach Boys

Mornin all,



we're going for this bunch:



I'M STILL STANDING - ELTON JOHN



I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU - GARY SHEARSTON



PRINCE BUSTER - MADNESS

THE JOKER by the MILESTONES/ (alt sp Mylestones)





a great Northern Soul song...one for the guys to throw some shapes to



https://youtu.be/jUE1Ghngc_g



PSL X

One from the mp3 player:



SILENT WAYS by MICHELLE SHOCKED

CUSTARD PIE - LED ZEPPLIN



FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR KITE - THE BEATLES

THE BUMP by KENNY

Morning bloggers and bloggettes! The sun is shining, it's a glorious day and I am going to try tomorrow in Trafalgar Square to get into Leonardo....ulp.... VERY early start.... cross your fingers!



Anyways - can't really add anything to what has already been suggested - Slip Slidin' Away and Fall at Your Feet being my favourite.



I suppose BYE BYE AMERICAN PIE (In the face, obviously) might do, or



YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS - by Spike Jones or whoever takes your fancy, but I rather think drivetime isn't ready!

Morning all,

Already twittered Elvis C and 'can't stand up' etc

But want to 2nd/3rd David Cassidy (WAH!) and I AM A ClOWN.



I saw David C in Blood Brothers ages ago - he did a very good Liverpool accent so it was only when he started singing that I remembered I was in a theatre listening to David Cassidy SINGING! Hairs on the back of the moment, even now.

Scrummy.



I bought Mr e Dad's Army for Xmas, the boxed set - something like 9 series - series 2 only had about 3 remaining episodes, the rest had been deleted :-(

It's a great thing to dip into - Mr e grew up abroad, so when we first met and I had a habit of saying "Don't panic Mr Mainwearing" he was intrigued, to say the least. He even got me a T Shirt printed with that immortal line.

(Could have been worse I suppose - something like "They don't like the cold steel up 'em")





Stop blethering now, caffeine calls...

Morning all, okay for the slapstick oldies what about Smile by Nat King Cole it was composed by Charlie Chaplin. Have a good day folks.

A few more.............................................................................



No Words - Neil Diamond



Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel



Chasing Pavements - Adele



Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol



Caffeine required................then back to that ol' grindstone............................



Bye for now............................................................................................



Dougal x

#60 - I had completely forgotten that - what a gorgeous song as well

A couple more oldie suggestions...



REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL PART 3 - IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS (namechecks The Marx Brothers)



THE SOUND OF SILENCE - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

CRAZY by SEAL

Hello all, hope you're all well.



Brief pop in until lunchtime when I can read back.



Could I suggest:



I can't stand up for falling down-Elvis Costello

Slap & Tickle-Squeeze

Laughing Gnome-David Bowie

Silence is golden-The Tremeloes

The sound of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel





Have a good day each!



Mrs B x

Ooo I've just thought of another oldie suggestion, we are talking about PHYSICAL comedy, right? Add to that Simon's soft spot for ONJ, and you get...



PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN

No more the fool - Elkie Brooks



MTF :)

#59 so excited talking about David Cassidy that the word 'neck' did not get typed...so the hairs were on the back of there, ok, nowhere else!!

#59 Suzieeeeee, listening to David Cassidy's Mom :-)

Morning all



Cold, frosty and sunny here.



It's taken me ages to think of something that hasn't already been suggested. I don't think I've seen this one:



FUN FUN FUN - Housemartins



Back later



T x

Morning everyone!



Ha Ha Said The Clown - Manfred Mann



Everybody Loves A Clown - Gary Lewis and the Playboys

FOOLS RUSH IN - RICKY NELSON



FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING - WHITESNAKE



8-)

#59 Suziee - have you read 'I think I love you' by Allison Pearson? A novel about a David Cassidy fan - it's very good. And a bit worrying too - I was more into the Osmonds, but a lot of what she describes in the book I can see in myself. As I was as a teenager, not now obviously...



~X~

Happiness - Ken Dodd



MTF :O

Morning all!



Very cold in rural Kent and the frost hasn't gone yet.



Had a new freezer delivered this morning. The delivery men just dumped it in the garage, packaging and all. So, an hour was spent in the cold garage, unpacking a freezer that is taller than me. Getting it off the polystyrene base was not easy. Slapstick indeed.



Phone calls to make. Back later.



A-G



Ps. Blog chaps, you had me roaring with laughter yesterday!!

WHAT KIND OF FOOL - ALL ABOUT EVE



FIRE BRIGADE - THE MOVE (I seem to remember them regularly featuring, or is that just me?)

#76 A bunch of incompetent firemen that is, not The Move!

Hello Simon,



Is this the right place to send you my Three Word Tuesday? If so it is:



'Last Mincepie Eaten'



And I really hope not to see another mincepie for a very long time.



From Simon in Newark

Apologies in advance, but a common theme of the slapstick genre ...



EVERY LOSER WINS - NICK BERRY



Coat at the ready, and hat and gloves ...

Good Morning Each!



'The Ladder' by Andrew Belle (Not an oldie, though)



'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' by Culture Club



'Tramp' by Otis Redding (Charlie Chaplin)



'Ben' by Micheal Jackson {Turpin)



'Lip Up, Fatty' by Bad Manners (Arbuckle)



'Harry' by Catherine Howe (Langdon or LLoyd)



There is a piece of music on Sp*tify called Piano Drop, by Tim Hecker, which fits the theme beautifully. The trouble is, it's awful.

#78 AmazingMrSimon, I've just finished the last piece of our jumbo Christmas panettone. It was the first time we had one and it was very nice. Probably won't be waiting until next Christmas before getting another ;-)



GoD

Simon in Newark....



Can I tempt you with a hot cross bun?



Good luck with the 3 worder. Many have tried and failed on here.



I must admit, most of my three worders (ooh get me! Ok both of them. ) have been via text.



MTF :)

Some late thoughts on tunes



AFTER THE GOLDRUSH -NEIL YOUNG (Think Chaplin did a film called Goldrush)



IT'S SO QUIET - BJORK



EXPECTING TO FLY! - BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD



FALL AT YOUR FEET - CROWDED HOUSE



ENJOY THE SILENCE - DEPECHE MODE



BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE - ISLEY BROTHERS



EMBARRASSMENT = MADNESS



TRAMP - OTIS REDDING & CALA THOMAS (again for CC)

Glenn, you might be lucky down the 99p shop, other slightly more expensive shops etc...



MTF :)

'Road Runner' by Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers





Incidentally, if you have a garden shed, have you ever put it to better use than this...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA3rnvjQ6_s

#69 ah the step-mom or real mom??

I fry chips in mine Paul!



MTF :)

#73 no not read that, but I was a 'closet' Cassidy fan, as my older sis was a fan of his and I could not possibly like anything the same as she did, so I 'had' to be an Osmond fan...

For a birthday treat, Mr e took me to London to see a show a couple of years back, it was a suprise trip to see.....Donny Osmond at the O2.

We had to leave in the interval, the screaming and hormones got too much!!

#85 thanks for that blast from the past!!

She's aged well, hasn't she?

I have a CDK cassette tape with her singing this (recorded from the radio, illegally (?) during the charts rundown) up in the attic.

#85 Especially for Mr Snapper? ;)

#78 Hi TheAmazingMrSimon - welcome to the blog! Love the moniker - is that your name, or a reference to our esteemed leader...? As MTF said #82, I'm not sure that three worders from the blog ever get read out - you'd probably have more luck by text or Twitter. You never know, though.



#88 Screaming and hormones, Suziee...? You know there are things you can take for that. Look in Boots (other high street stores also available...) under HRT...



;o)



(Apologies - I only said it 'cos I'm jealous you went to see Donny...)



#X#

#82 I'm hoping that 'ooh get me!' was one of them MTF.



:)

LOL Glenn.



Lets give it a go.



3 word Tuesday..... Oooh get me!



MTF :)

Ello Mayo Man & ALL...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Thank you for all the kind birthdee wishes on, it was me birthdee on the 14th January!!!!!!!!!



For any who said they 'ope a ave a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A did and did not.... Basically ter cut a long story short.... As a could not get the day off work on the 14th.... But a was off on the 13th.... A went wild and threw caution ter the wind and RISKED celebrating me birthdee on Friday the 13th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A can tell all Friday the 13th was a BRILLIANT day for me..... But when a went back ter work on the 14th..... For sure a did well and truely ave me Friday the 13th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Soz ter sum up for any who are as confused as me..... Firday the 13th was on the 14th..... And me birthday on the 14th was on the 13th this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Niceness ter each ;-)))))

#86 Suzieeeee, did his real Mom sing, too? Shirley Jones (step-mom) in Carousel with Gordon Macre.

Bingo, you just called Chris, Mayo Man next door!



MTF :)

PS Been trucking in mid-Wales all day, yesterday!!!!!

Whatta beautiful day.... And a was used as practice target practice in me HGV twice by the RAF in their Eurofighters!!!!!!!!!!

A could tell by the body language of the jets.... twice while driving in different locations.... driving me big truck on the quiet wlesh roads..... A jet turned.... Then at around 1500ft slowed (estimated about 300mph/ 260 knots) (which is slow for a fighter jet).... It swooped directly over me truck while a was on the moved.... for sure a could tell they were using me as target practice.... Probably a 'ad a laser locked on me truck..... Thankfully no live amunition on board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Anyway got 'ome..... And WOW..... 'ad a quick look on youtube and is EVERYTHING in our crazy world on youtube????!!!!!!!

One of the very roads.... The A487 Machynlleth ter Dolgellau road.... Is on the clip with the RAF using it as a practice area!!!!!!

Didn't realsie but this very valley is a main RAF practice area!!!!!!!



Check out the amazing clip of the jets flying lower than the dude with the camera..... and 1m 12 secs in yer can see the eact road a was driving down in the middle of the valley.... WOW!!!!!!!!!

PS The jets in the clip are going alot faster thna they flew over me..... i'd say 600mph/ 520 knots in the youtube clip!!!!!!!!



https://youtu.be/3-7zHlOi4T4



Ave gotta 'eadache now!

Please add this "a" to Gordon's surname if you're passing post #95. Thanks.

#81 - Ooo Panettone, will have to see if theres any left in the shop tonight :D



#82 - Would love a Hot Cross Bun, but in the interests of eating seasonal food in order I can't start on them until I've tracked down and eaten a Runebergintorttu (easter might have to come late ths year)



#91 - Hi Deebee - its my own name but I'm happy to share it with the boss ;-) now lets see about getting twitter to work at work...

A runeberginwotnot?



Off to google.



MTF :)